Julie von Voss

Julie Amalie Elisabeth von Voss, Countess of Inge Heim ( born July 24, 1766 Book in Berlin, † March 25, 1789 ibid ) was maid of honor and later wife of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II

Life

Julie was the daughter of Friedrich Christian von Voss and his wife Amalie Ottilia of Vieregg. Theodor Fontane reported in the church one book to her name should have been registered at birth and death as Elisabeth Amalie von Voss.

1783, she was - like her Aunt Sophie, who later became Mistress of the Robes to Queen Luise - maid of honor to the Queen Elisabeth Christine. There she met the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm know.

The written consent for the morganatic marriage had now become the king prince by his wife, Queen Friederike Luise, obtained their marital duties regarded as fulfilled after seven births. The "second marriage" was closed in the Charlottenburg Palace Chapel on April 7, 1787. In November 1787 rose Frederick William II of Julie Voss Countess of Inge 's home.

Only two years later, on March 25, 1789, she died at the age of 22 years of galloping consumption ( pulmonary tuberculosis ), which immediately after the birth of her son Gustav Adolf ( 1789-1855 ) had come to a head.

On April 1, she was buried in the Castle Church of book in a tomb near the altar, what happened at their own request, according to Theodor Fontane. Rather than perpetuate their name on a Epitaph, was the inscription " Soror optima, amica patriae " added to her grave.

Detailed Theodor Fontane, recovering its correspondence with her aunt through the years.